The National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning through early Saturday afternoon and predicted up to 2 feet of snow and wind gusts of up to 60 mph.
In the upper Midwest, thousands of homes and businesses also lost power because of heavy wet snow, ice and wind in the past couple of days, while rain and snow raised flooding concerns in various areas of the Midwest.
In a second rescue above the Ogwen Valley, three people from Warwick had called for help in the snow and bitter wind.
Valls paid tribute to the efforts of the emergency workers, French and Italian, who searched in perilous conditions of snow, ice and wind from the early morning for those who were missing.
The day after Thanksgiving the parks and the sidewalks were covered with snow and the chilling wind was blowing across the department store windows that had already put up the Christmas decorations.
Meanwhile, GNER was forced to cancel all services between Inverness, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Edinburgh and the north east of England, Yorkshire and London's King's Cross after the wind and snow brought down overhead lines in the Borders.
The National Weather Service predicted up to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow in southeastern Connecticut and wind gusts up to 50 mph.
Robed in layers of Under Armour and wool, plus masks, liners, and hand-warmers, I welcome snow blowing horizontally and the single-digit wind-chill factor.
But wind, snow and ice meant rescuers decided to delay recovering the body until Saturday morning.
About 50 million people in a 800-mile (1, 300-km) swathe of the US are threatened by heavy rain, wind and snow.
On its Facebook page, the weather service posted a video of the wind and snow whipping a U.S. flag outside its Amarillo office.
The most famous was a 49-yarder through the wind and snow at Yankee Stadium that gave the Giants a 13-10 victory against the Cleveland Browns.
Looking ahead, he said wind and snow showers were "likely to continue across north-eastern and central parts of the country, although the odd wintry flurry is possible almost anywhere".
Pain used to be the price of admission into the skiing fraternity, but the new American resorts try to protect their skiers from all that nasty wind and snow.
Emergency officials in New Jersey said they were monitoring a coastal storm, expected to bring lashing rain, wind, snow and possibly coastal flooding to the region hit by super-storm Sandy in October.
The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly on a heavy snow pack, but it was cold and the wind was blowing.
"I woke up this morning and the wind was blowing, the snow was flying, the temperatures were falling, and I said 'Punxsutawney, you let us down, ' " the prosecutor told CNN affiliate WXIX.
Chicago is dealing with a foot and a half of snow, freezing rain is falling in the Northeast and the wind chill is in the 20s here in the Sonoran Desert.
"Following a winter of wind and heavy snow disrupting sporting fixtures and with spring in the air, we thought all our troubles were over, " says BBC Wales' head of sport, Geoff Williams.
She takes into consideration weather and wind conditions, avoiding snow, ice and high winds.
The National Weather Service was predicting up to 7 inches of heavy, wet snow in southeastern Connecticut through Friday morning and wind gusts that could hit 50 mph, bringing possible power outages.
But, the cold aside, snow-covered Samso was undeniably beautiful and its wind-reliant residents hospitable and, in their own way, just a little heroic.
The wind-deposited snow is variable, and the skiing is tricky.
Among the hazards expected there Wednesday: lightning, wind and ice, with a little snow and sleet thrown on top for good measure.
Most people appeared to heed the warnings in Providence, where typically busy streets were empty Saturday morning as the wind blew snow into drifts that buried cars and parking lots.
In the Texas Panhandle, wind gusts up to 75 mph and heavy snow had made all roads impassable and created whiteout conditions, said Paul Braun, a spokesman for the Texas Department of Transportation.
More snow is expected over the weekend and a "bitterly cold south-easterly wind" will remain, the Met Office added.
Farther north, a blizzard watch is in effect for parts of Down East and Northeast Maine, where 10 inches of snow is possible along with wind gusts up to 60 mph.
Wind gusts are expected to reach 50 mph overnight, with snow and rain forecast.
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